St. Paul daily globe., 1887-03-26
KNOCKED OUT BY LA BLANCHE
A Very Business-Like Set-to Betweap
Tom Hinch and the Marine,
In Which the Latter stopped His Man
After seven Good Rounds.

The rabid priZe-ring deyotees who have
been clainOring for real hard prize fi0ht
were accommodated at the Olympic last
night. when George La Blanche. the
Marine. after seven rounds of continnolls
battling succeeded in knocking out Tom
Hinch, of Chicago. The fight was to be
lWelve rounds. for purse of $500. points
to count. Tom Manning seconded tha
Marine, and Frank Fernand. of Milwan.
kee, stood behind Hinch. NJ. J. Roche
was chosen referee. and III. NJ.
Ryan and Ed Hilton time keepers
The fighters had no sooner pulled
on the new four-ounce gloves than they
were at it. They fought close at first ey-
changing some hard blows, till La Blanche
made drive at Hinch and missed. HInch
falling in the effort to dodge. and la
Blanche also losing his feet They took
the center and after short skirmish took
their corners at the call. In the second
round they closed again and struck with
renewed vgor, Hinch finally landing full
III the Marines breast, sending him to the
floor La Blanche got up and made rush.
but his blows were well met and he went
to his knees again. The Marine evdentIv
had the worst of this round when they retired
Neither man came up quite so fresh
for the third bout, and they fought a LITTLE
shy IN opening. Hinch lodged two head
drives from La Blanche very cleverly. and
When they got together again some hard
raps were exchanged. Hinch was fnaIII,
Knocked squarely down by a terrific right.
hand blow from the Marine which landad
on his jugular. lie took his feet very we'll
however, aid they went at it harder than
before, La Blanche swinging with his left
anu, anu ca.cnIhg HInch several times in the
neck and face. Hinch replied with strong
ieIt-hander knocking La Blanche TO the
floor. The round seemed to be abont an
even exchange, Ill which both men wera
badly punished
CLOSE FIGHTING
marked the beginning Of the fourth round
La blanche lighting off and waiting for a
good opening. Hinch made drive and
was stopped by La Blanche's elbow. which
struck INN III the stomach. He staggered
ana Tell, and was slow in rising. and il was
evident then that the Marine would hav.
the best OF it. although the Chicago bov got
up and fought bravely. A few cries of
1oul were heard, but they were soon silenced
When La Blanch made another rush to fol-
low, low up MS advantage, and was
/ well met and stopped by his oDnonant
After sparring awhile. La Blanche rot
| another opening and made an under swim,
with his right. catching HInch in his
stomach. This knocked the wind ont of
| Hlnch, and he lay for some seconds. finally
getting up painfully and making stand
just as time was called for the round. The
cries OF foul were renewed again from the
audience, but they did not insist. Hinch
| was in bad shape when he came up for the
| NTH round, and lump Oh his stomach told
| the effect of the Marines blow. La Blanche
| rushed ON him. but was unable to
| pTeak his guard. and backed off.
hinch lok courage and followed.
anu got III splendid blow
Oh lhe Marines Jugular, but the fatal left
hahu OF the Marine came up again and
| caught him in the stomach. and he fell. and
again the audience cried foul. The three
minutes of the round were I'D before he re-
covered, and they went to their seats with
out any further hghting. LaBlanche ran at
Hlnch III the opening of the sixth round and
lney cilhched When they separated La
Blanche worked an opening and again got
IN knock on Hinch's stomach. Rinch got
| up and was knocked down again twice in
the same way, and when time was called
his second was obliged to drag him
to the chair. The audience got
wore bolsterous, and it was thought Hinch
would be unable to get up tor the seventh
round. he was revived considerably when
@ o.iO HiiilutC w DIS up dilu maze DOlQ stand.
lhey spared around the ring twice. and at
the hrst opening La Blanche swung low
| and landed
THE FINISHING BLOW
| on Hnch's stomach. Hinch dropped and
although he tried hard to get up, fell help
leSsly back. Time was called and
| the referee ordered the men to their seats.
La Blanche went. and when Hinch rose he
| tore OF the gloves and yelled: Cd d-n
| it, come out here now and hit
me in the bellyr La Blanche
was about to accept the challenge and
rushed forward, the audience bowling go
at hm!s ''let him have it, give it to
him." But Sergeants Hanft and Murphy
stepped inside the ropes and the trouble did
not occur. 1t was some time before the
audience could be quieted sufficiently to
hear the decision of the referee. Mr.. Roche
gave the fight to La Blanche without hesi-
| tation.
Hincb claimed after the fight that the
blows struck by La Blanche We're below the
belt, and should have been called fouls. He
said he was willing to meet the Marine to a
finish with small gloves or bare knuckles.